Term Name:	adult respiratory distress syndrome
Synonyms:	acute respiratory distress syndrome, adult RDS, ARDS, Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, Shock lung
Definition:	A respiratory failure that results from diffuse injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in sepsis, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, aspiration of the gastric contents, or pneumonia) and is characterized by pulmonary edema with an abnormally high amount of protein in the edematous fluid and by difficult rapid breathing and hypoxemia.
Ontology:	Human Disease [DOID:11394]   ( DOID:11394 )